• What is a FICO Score?

    What is a FICO Score?,Billee Silva, PA, ABR SRS

    What is a FICO Score? FICO stands for Fair Isaac & Company and is the name for the most well known credit scoring system, used by Experian. The credit bureau’s computer evaluates a complete credit profile and assigns a score, which is used to estimate credit worthiness. Each of the three bureaus (Ex

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  • What is a Short Sale?

    What is a Short Sale?,Billee Silva, PA, ABR SRS

    An increase in foreclosure rates will inevitably bring with it an increase in short sales. But what is a short sale? A short sale happens when you sell your house for less than your remaining mortgage balance, the proceeds of which go to the lender and in return the lender forgives the remaining bal

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  • Which ARM is the best alternative?

    Which ARM is the best alternative?,Billee Silva, PA, ABR SRS

    How would you like a mortgage loan where you did not have to make the whole payment if you did not want to? Or would you like a loan with an interest rate about 1% below a thirty-year fixed rate mortgage and pay zero points? Or a loan where you did not have to document your income, savings history,

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  • The No-Cost Thirty Year Fixed Rate Mortgage

    The No-Cost Thirty Year Fixed Rate Mortgage,Billee Silva, PA, ABR SRS

    There really is no such thing as a no-cost mortgage loan. There are always costs, such as appraisal fees, escrow fees, title insurance fees, document fees, processing fees, flood certification fees, recording fees, notary fees, tax service fees, wire fees, and so on, depending on whether the loan is

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